Michigan football adds defensive lineman for either 2014 or '15 recruiting class

Brady Hoke has recruited defensive line particularly well in his Michigan tenure, and added to the haul Friday.Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com

The Michigan football team has added another defensive lineman commit, and this one provides some flexibility.

Defensive tackle Brady Pallante pledged to the Wolverines on Friday during a visit to the school, according to multiple reports. The Naples, Fla., native will be a greyshirt commit, which means he will enroll in 2014, then join the team the following winter and count against the 2015 scholarship limit.

However, Michigan has the option of eventually giving Pallante a full scholarship for 2014, as it did with its previous greyshirt commit, Jeremy Clark.

In other words, Pallante currently will enroll in fall 2014 and count against the 2015 scholarship limit, although that could move up to 2014 if Michigan wants him on the team right away.

The Wolverines already have four commits for the 2014 class, and currently have room to sign fewer than 20 overall due to the 27-man 2013 class.

Pallante is not ranked by Scout or Rivals. He is a 6-foot-1, 270-pound tackle from Barron Collier High School in Naples.

Michigan has recruited defensive line hard in coach Brady Hoke's tenure. He signed nine players at the position in his first two classes, and now has two more for future classes. Four-star tackle Bryan Mone (Salt Lake City) has committed for 2014.